UFC Adds Women’s Strawweight Division With 11 New Fighters

During a Wednesday conference call, UFC President Dana White officially confirmed that the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world will be launching a women’s strawweight division. White also announced that The Ultimate Fighter will feature an all-women’s season with strawweight fighters, and the winner will be crowned the champion of the new division.

The UFC began working towards establishing a women’s strawweight division when they acquired the contracts of eleven strawweight fighters from Invicta FC in a deal that took approximately four weeks to negotiate.

On May 18th, that same group of fighters will head to Las Vegas to begin filming their season of TUF.

Steve became interested in combat sports when he joined his high
school’s wrestling team as freshman. His experience as a wrestler
sparked his interest in mixed martial arts when he recognized the
compatibility between the two sports. From there, he continued to
wrestle all throughout college until he earned his bachelor’s degree
in history. Steve’s interests in combat sports center mostly around
grappling, but he’s also interested in the history of the sport and
where it’s headed in the future.

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